BRANDON LEE

A defense attorney says he wants a mental health evaluation for a Las Vegas man jailed in protective custody after being accused of keeping a widow and her daughter captive at his home, killing the woman’s 4-year-old son and putting the boy’s body in a garage freezer.

A note that a Las Vegas schoolgirl gave her teacher saying her mother was being held captive and thought the girl's brother was dead led to the discovery of the boy’s body in a garage freezer and the arrest of the mother’s boyfriend on murder and kidnapping charges.

There are plenty of films about tragedy but some films are, in their production, tragic. Most recently, actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun on...

The tragedy that unfolded on a New Mexico movie set when Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer, has led to calls for fundamental change in Hollywood.

The film industry and its unions provide guidelines on how to deal safely with prop guns on movie sets.

The shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” is a reminder of the dangers that can exist on film and television sets.

Hours before actor Alec Baldwin fired a fatal gunshot from a prop gun that he had been told was safe, seven camera crew members for the movie he was filming walked off the job to protest conditions and production issues that included safety concerns.

Following gun-safety rules is always imperative, even on a movie set.

The death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins on a film set in Santa Fe, N.M., is a reminder that prop weapons can pose a serious risk. But Hollywood history includes only a few such incidents.

Court records show that an assistant director unwittingly handed Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer.

Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop firearm on set Thursday, killing the director of photography working on his film and injuring its director, police said.

DETROIT – “'The Crow' was always a favorite film of mine,” said executive producer and star Justin Mane. “It wasn’t like your typical horror film -- there were so many different elements to it.”“The Crow” was created by Detroit-native James O’Barr. “The Crow” was actor and martial artist Brandon Lee’s final film after a prop gun mistakenly fired on set, fatally striking Lee in the stomach. Inspired by the series, a group of Metro Detroit film makers came together to make “Crow,” a project to pay homage to the franchise. While not involved in the project, O’Barr reached out to the filmmakers and gave them his blessing on it.